How brilliant is this?????

[tirediron]

F***ing brilliant! While strolling through the Flash Zebra website, I came across this little gem of an accessory; the ideal thing for wedding and group shooters who have a V.A.L.* available. MUCH nicer than having to hold a monopod or lightstand by the base!




*Voice Activated Lightstand.

 

[Big Mike]

That is brilliant. You've got to hand it to Lon over at Flashzebra...he doesn't carry everything under the sun...just the stuff that is actually useful.

 

[Derrel]

Yeah...I was in Home Depot about 2 weeks ago, actually SHOPPING for some stuff to make this portable shooting cart deal I've been working on, and I saw some extension poles and thought about how they'd make a decent boom arm to hold a small light unit...affordably...buuuut....I'd have to epoxy a spigot for 5/8 inch onto the top...this 3/4 inch by 5 thread adapter looks really good...but old' cheapskate me thinks $19.95 is more than it's worth...but then again...now maybe you and that fancy metal-working lathe and tap and die set ya got...hmmm...

 

[tirediron]

...but old' cheapskate me thinks $19.95 is more than it's worth...but then again...now maybe you and that fancy metal-working lathe and tap and die set ya got...hmmm...

Actually, I think that's a pretty reasonable price. In jobber quantity, the stock for one would be $5-7, machine time would be 30 minutes, and that rounded Acme-style internal thread would be difficult to cut. I'm going to order a couple "just in case".

 

[amolitor]

Epoxy is an interesting idea, Derrel.

I bet you could:

1) drill a pretty good sized hole in a block of hardwood, big enough to shove the threaded end into with a little wiggle room
2) get yourself an extension pole
3) wrap the threaded part in plastic sheet (I think a shopping bag would work)
4) insert this wrapped end into the block
5) inject epoxy into the hole to fill. You might use a filler in the epoxy, for strength
6) let cure. If you've selected the plastic sheet properly, the pole-end won't have bonded to the epoxy at all, and you
will have fabricated yourself a threaded wooden block

Mount whatever you want on the other side of the wooden block.

Is it less than $20? If you have a couple cans of West System, or System 3 lying around, it probably is.

Is it good sticky fun? Heck yeah!

 

[480sparky]

F***ing brilliant! While strolling through the Flash Zebra website, I came across this little gem of an accessory; the ideal thing for wedding and group shooters who have a V.A.L.* available. MUCH nicer than having to hold a monopod or lightstand by the base!




*Voice Activated Lightstand.

Nothing new. Google Pole Pixie.

 

[amolitor]

Nothing new. Google Pole Pixie.

... but not from work.

 

[tirediron]

It wuz new to me!

 

[480sparky]

It wuz new to me!

Did you missed this as well?

 

[tirediron]

It wuz new to me!

Did you missed this as well?

Didn't miss it, but I usually ignore whatever babbling that Sparky clown does...